Day 42 Twin Falls, ID Forever??

Thursday 1 September 2011 The 7'th day of the 6'th week. Day 40 on the road. Day 2 off the road.

And another one bites the dust! Wild West Tour rider Tim Picard succumbed to the dreaded 24 hour grip that took out fellow rider Ken Silvestri the day before. Uncontrolled vomiting and the Hershey Squirts have sidelined the crew for another day in Twin Falls Idaho. Our bid to add Nevada onto our list of conquered states has been put on hold once again.

Because this is the holiday weekend it is imperative that we find book our rooms in advance which we did.  When Ken fell ill all our plans and booked rooms had to be changed. Joe handled the 2 hour process of rerouting and rebooking accommodations for the crew.  Now that Tim has gone down the plan has to be changed again. Joe and Ken spent time in the lobby reviewing the route options and motel availability. 

Yesterday (Wednesday) while Ken was held up in the motel room recovering Tim and Joe went to the site where Evil Kinevel made his failed attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon. On the way to the memorial launch site Tim’s mirror clipped a traffic cone and before he knew what happened he had crashed hard onto the ground. His road rash will heal but the bent front rim will not recover so easily. Ken and Joe took the twisted rim to a local bike shop Cycle Therapy for repairs.  A great bike shop with all good people saved the wheel.
“IF” rider Tim recovers by morning and “IF” rider Joe does not fall ill we should be able to reach Nevada by noon on Friday starting the final leg of our long journey.
0 Miles
0 Feet of Climbing 
223 Trips to bathroom
Temperature Perfect…..once again inside the motel with A/C


Just received word that the Team is back on the road with the required accommodations!
Go Team Go!!!..I mean - Ride Team Ride!